Abstract: According to a first aspect, an industrial personal computer (IRC) (100) is provided. The IPC comprises: •a first housing module (10) having a first electronic component, an internal electric power supply device and a first electric connection portion; and •a second housing module (20?) having a second electronic component and a second electric connection portion, the first and the second housing modules being stacked along a stacking direction (SD), wherein the first and second connection portions form a connection bus along the stacking direction at least for transmitting electric power between the first and second housing modules; wherein •the second electronic component is an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) device (21); and •the IRC further comprising a power management controller (28).

Abstract: A method for operating an automated system, the system comprising: a controlled device for performing an action as a function of received control data; a first control device for receiving system data and generating control data for controlling the controlled device as a function of the received system data; and a second control device for receiving input data and generating output data as a function of the input data according to a computer-implemented mapping algorithm; wherein the method comprises: adapting the computer-implemented mapping algorithm such that the second control device, upon receiving the system data as input data generates output data that is similar to the control data generated by the first control device with a predetermined similarity degree, wherein the computer-implemented mapping algorithm includes a neural network algorithm and/or a machine learning algorithm.

Abstract: According to a first aspect, an industrial personal computer (IRC) (100) is provided. The IPC comprises: •a first housing module (10) having a first electronic component, an internal electric power supply device and a first electric connection portion; and •a second housing module (20?) having a second electronic component and a second electric connection portion, the first and the second housing modules being stacked along a stacking direction (SD), wherein the first and second connection portions form a connection bus along the stacking direction at least for transmitting electric power between the first and second housing modules; wherein •the second electronic component is an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) device (21); and •the IRC further comprising a power management controller (28).